House Chairperson, I move without notice:
That the House -
(1) notes that Professor Eugene Cloete at Stellenbosch University has developed a tea bag-type filter that can cheaply and effectively remove contaminants, microbes and bacteria from dirty water to make it suitable for drinking and cooking; (2) recognises that this newly invented filter, which can clean a litre of the dirtiest water to about the same quality as bottled water, will signify a great breakthrough in the country's struggle to bring clean water to every household; and
(3) requests the Department of Water Affairs to consider exploring the validity of the findings and the viability of its wide-scale use if the results do indeed measure up to the claims.
Agreed to.
Debate concluded.